Paul ad says he ‘isn’t playing games’

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul began a three-day campaign swing Tuesday in his home state of Texas, armed with a new TV ad that cracks a whip at his GOP presidential rivals.

The whip-cracking sound comes at the end of the spot that assails Paul’s opponents as “a big-spending, debt-ceiling-raising fiscal liberal” (former senator Rick Santorum, who has now dropped out of the race), “the moon colony guy” (former House speaker Newt Gingrich) and “a moderate from Massachusetts” (former governor Mitt Romney).

After briefly showing an Etch A Sketch to denote that the Texas congressman “isn’t playing games,” the ad proclaims Paul as a “big bold Texan” with a plan to cut five Cabinet departments and $1 trillion from the federal budget. The Texas primary is May 29.

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